The best new crime show on TV is not American or even Danish, it's a homegrown gem, like The Wire written by Samuel Beckett

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ometimes, working in television must seem a bit like playing for the Ryder
Cup team. You’re always up against the Americans, and they’re always winning
— they have the money and the talent pool and all the time in the world.
Even those who create British drama tend to praise HBO as the best in the
world. And, yet, perhaps 2011 marks the start of the fightback. It’s a bit
like a cavalry charge — individual shows such as The Promise, Worried About
the Boy and Downton Abbey have gone careering in, desperately reining back
their horses, only to be lost in the noise of the enemy cannon. Now comes
the heavy brigade. This year sees Sam Mendes preparing his Shakespeares for
the BBC, Paddy Considine and the newcomer Alexandra Roach sparring in The
Suspicions of Mr Whicher on ITV, Ronan Bennett’s Top Boy on Channel 4, and
new scripts from Tom